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" With wit, irony and some deft stylish writing Katherine Govier charts the progress of urban middle class women into the full bloom of adulthood."

This easy chapter book tells the story of a group of Armenian refugee boys who made the journey from Corfu, Greece, to Georgetown, Canada, after the Armenian genocide in the early 1900s.

Ash is a lonely guy trying to become even lonlier.

A mousy librarian is called to a remote Canadian island to inventory the estate of a secretive Colonel whose most surprising secret is a bear who keeps the librarian company--shocking company

Ghosts is one of Ibsen's most haunting plays, though not necessarily for the reasons that shocked the public sensibility when it was first produced.

Outlines the way different types of animals, including livestock, pets, such creatures as silkworms that sparked trade, working beasts, noxious animals, and those that inspire the imagination, have

Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, has returned to Sri Lanka, a land steeped in culture and tradition, to investigate organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island.

CLASSIC FICTION. The sun-kissed prairie stretches out around the Ingalls family, smiling its welcome after their long, hard journey across America.

Claudia, a best-selling writer, recalls her life of adventure as a newspaper correspondent, novelist, lover, and mother, while the people close to her file past her hospital bed.

They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence... but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two.

A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together.

When his owner is killed during the German invasion of France in the summer of 1940, a little performing dog changes the lives of successive caretakers as he journeys through the war-ravaged countr

An artist meets a schoolgirl in Central Park named Jennie. There is a mystical quality about Jennie, and she intrigues him with the way she chats on about things that happened years ago.

It's a plum assignment for photojournalist Joanna James: a ride on the Orient-Express with a stop in Venice for five days at the exclusive Cipriani Hotel - all expenses paid.

"Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that have shaped the past century.